Shifting sources and uses of profits: Sustaining US financialization with global value chains

Economy and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-451

  Milberg, William ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Financialization; Global value chains; Profit share

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; OUTSOURCING; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48949116286     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140802172706     Document Type: Article

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